Mineralized microstructure of calcified avian tendons: A scanning small angle X-ray scattering study

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 567-576

  Gupta, H S ^a,b   Roschger, P ^a   Zizak, I ^c   Fratzl Zelman, N ^a   Nader, A ^a   Klaushofer, K ^a   Fratzl, P ^b  

^a Unfallkrankenhaus Meidling   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apatite crystal; Biomineralization; Small angle X ray scattering; Synchrotron radiation; Turkey tendon

Indexed keywords

APATITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL; LEG; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING SMALL ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TENDON; TURKEY (BIRD); X RAY;

ANIMALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; TENDONS; TURKEYS;

EID: 0043160418     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-002-1031-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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